1. February 2024 | Erwerbsbeteiligung, Armut und Sozialpolitik
All articles about: working conditions
Professor Gabriela Spanghero Lotta explores the dynamics of citizen-state interactions in Latin America, outlines the role of frontline workers in dealing with situations of vulnerability, and ...read more
17. July 2023 | International perspectives on applying short-time work during the Covid-19 crisis
“At the peak of the Covid-19 crisis, short-time work covered one in five jobs across the OECD – ten times more than at the height of the global financial crisis”
Alexander Hijzen, a senior economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), gives an overview of the country-specific application of short-time work during the Covid-19 ...read more
9. August 2022 | Groups of Persons
Essential occupations: what are the working conditions like?
Most jobs in essential occupations in Germany have relatively good working conditions. Yet a substantial share of jobs has bad ones, and here migrants are ...read more
4. June 2018 | Labour Market, Employment and Social Policy
Binding collective agreements: The downward trend continues
Wages and working conditions are negotiated between employers and employees. Collective agreements provide both parties with an institutional framework to that end. But in the last few years, ...read more